Changes in the occupational structure of the 'colored' female workforce, 1960-73, and an estimate of the occupational structure in 1980. Although even this, as indicated in the introduction, is not the entire focus of the study). The first phase of the study was designed to obtain as much background information as possible about poverty in the "colored" community.
Of the remainder, 75% to 80% were estimated (this was estimated based on phase 3 of the study, in which 26 households were interviewed in depth). Some of this appears in subsequent chapters of the paper. see the Culture of Poverty chapter). On the other hand, 40 percent of the 'colored' population is classified in the lower class.
This included all racial groups, and the four employment sectors listed accounted for 81.6 percent of the working population (1975). This section is a table of the results obtained in response to the questionnaires formulated in the first section. This is a table of the results obtained in response to the questionnaires in Part 3 of the Worcester Survey.
Fifty percent of the respondents believed that things were roughly the same over the time period. Distribution of the sample population by age and gender for the three poverty categories. The number of older heads of household (65+) was not significantly different between each of the poverty categories.
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The severe lack of housing and the lack of adequate social funds are the glaringly visible factors of the poverty syndrome. This chapter will provide details of the number of housing units by suburb or location and also tabulate the total number of social housing units available to the municipality. The colored Management Committee then decides, on the basis of the selection criteria described above, who will be allocated the house.
The assessment of the survey showed that the 3 evaluated categories (2nd phase of the survey) showed that even for the least poor third of the population, there are on average more than 6 consumers per household. In Phase 3 of the survey, it was clearly stated that the main source of dissatisfaction was a poor environment, including gangs, lack of social amenities and overcrowding, as well as a lack of housing and the often very poor condition of existing houses. Questions were raised about the nature of the board's spending of funds with the feeling that insufficient funds were being allocated to the most pressing needs of the community. ii).
The Worcester municipality says that they fully sympathize with the position of the community and are doing everything in their power to alleviate the shortage. With all due respect to the valiant efforts of the church and social workers etc., they are merely treating symptoms of the problem. causes are overcrowding and lack of facilities, especially in the areas that need them most urgently. It should be noted that the apparent paradox between large numbers of unemployed and economically inactive population on the one hand and the shortage of reliable male labor for the larger companies on the other, can be explained to a large extent by the gang problem. and the generally depressed and unmotivated position of the community.
The chairman of the Housing Committee indicated that in reality the difference between a sub-economic and an economic house was not easily discernible. While well aware of the limitations of mortality data, it is useful to recall the following from Bourne and Dick in their evaluation of the usefulness of mortality data. It will not examine each consecutive year from 1944 to 1981,11 but will look at a number of years in the intervening period, which should provide a self-revealing disease profile of the community.
For sad years there are estimates of the population based on previous census figures (estimated by the Worcester Municipality). Some of the following terms have been used as translations from the Afrikaans: Heart and Circulation - Hart en Bloedsomloop;. This paper has attempted to provide an overview of some of the socio-economic characteristics prevalent in the poorest 'Coloured' areas of Worcester.
The flow mechanism is shown in Figure I, with the corresponding figures for each of the poverty categories shown in Figures II, III and IV. The poorest category showed that 43.7 percent of its households had a ratio greater than 5 (see Figure II)· compared to 3.5 percent in the second poorest category and 3 percent in the least poor category.
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Wolfgang Thomas, Coloured Entrepreneurship and the Economic Development of Coloured People, Abe Bailey Institute of Race Studies, 1971. Opsomming van bevindings en aanbevelings van die Kommissie van Ondersoek na Sake wat verband hou met die Kleurlingbevolkingsgroep, Suid-Afrikaanse Instituut vir Rasseverhoudinge, 1976. Swart, Die Kleurlingbevolking van Suid-Afrika, Buro vir Rassesake en Kleurlingsake,.
These papers represent the preliminary findings of another Carnegie study on poverty and development in southern Africa and were prepared for presentation at a conference at the University of Cape Town. The second Carnegie Inquiry into Poverty and Development in Southern Africa began in April 1982 and was scheduled to run until June 1985.
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